The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-03
STATE GLEANINGS.
Duck Hill continues to boom.

Much real estate in Meridian is
changing hands.
A yellow rabbit was killed recent
ly near Charleston.
Four houses we're burned in Win
ona Sunday night.
Bill Arp lectured at Wesson and
Hazlehurst last week.
The Pascagoula Democrat-Star
has closed its And year.
Winona varied che monotony.-
She discovered q lead mine.
Kinds county negroes who emf.
grated to the Delta are returning.
The Sentinel says The proposed
fair at Summit is an assured sue
cess.
Burglars have been depredating
at Columbus, Wcsson and Beaure-
gard.
The mother Of Capt. Earns, Of
Wesson, died In Philadelphia last
week.
Hon. Launch McLaurin has been
reappolnted Chancellor OF this dis.
trict.
Several business houses caved
into the Mississippi River st Leota
last week.
Rev. DR.. G. f. W. Dobbs has
become associate editor of the Bap-
list Record.
Gen. S. ID. Lee addressed o farm
ers' meeting in Franklin county
last Saturday.
L. Fl. Buck murdered Samuel
Glenn at Concordia last week and
made his escape.
Mr.. Ike Watson and Miss Ger
trude Dunn were made one flesh in
Wesson on the Goth.
Now comes the news that iron and
coal have been discovered at G.oster
in paying quantities.
Capt. Marion Smith, of Jackson. |
has gone To Washington to accept q
Government position.
One Of the principal streets Of
Duck Hill has been named after the
New Orleans Picayune.
The Woodville Republican comes
out with some strong reasons for q
Constitutional Convention.
R. V. L"ggins, a merchant Of
M montgomery county, was foully
murdered by a negro last Monday.
Rev. II. j. Harris and his daugh-
ter Miss Daisy, have started a new
paper at Hattiesburg called the
Courier.
The Mississippi ia mp within
few feet OF the overflow Of 1882. but
nobody appears to be alarmed at
the outlook.
Coal and iron have been discover.
ed in Tippah county. The South,
ern Sentinel says, the hills are full
of rich ore.
Hon. L. + Houston, Of Aberdeen,
has been appointed Judge Of the
First Judicial District, vice Ju dge
j. w. Buchanan resigned.
J. II. Hamilton. foreman Of con
struction train stationed at Lake
View, was killed while attempting
to couple some cars last week.
Elder Green, the colored labor
agent, who it was reported had been
killed in Glnster a short time ago,
turns upin Warren county.
J. L. Meade has formed a partner
ship with legal firm in Birming-
ham, and we presume will remain at
that placo.-Signal Copiahan.
The Circuit Court in Montgomery
county finished the docket and ad
j"urned after a two days session.
Montgomery is a Prohibition
county.
The murdered man found dead on
the Meridian fair ground a few
months ago has been exhumed and
identified by his brothers as Peter
Dillon, of Louisville, KY.
The I. c. Railroad paid stem
ographer to::report the proceedings of
the jackson convention, and propos.
es to publish and distribute $4,000
copies at it's own expense. Hurrah
for the !. Z.
Hon. +. F. Noel, Of Holmes conn
tv, who was nominated for District
Attorney fonr years ago and defeat
ed by an indrl"nd' nj candidate. has
again entered The Face Tor the posi-
tion.
Mr.. John H. Martin, the editor in,
chief of our quondam neighbor, the
New Mississippian. has been ap-
pointed copy holder in the Govern
ment printing office at Washington;
a position he was more than com
petent to fill, and doubtless accepts
as a recreation rather than an en-
ployment. Jackson Clarion.
r. NJ. Ponder and Cicero Brady
became engaged In q difficulty in
Clarke county, whereupon Brady